Monthly Archives: July, 2013

As Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week continues in Beaufort County, SC, there are several things to do and appreciate outdoors along the Sea Island coastline. Gullah/Geechee culture is inextricably tied to the land and waterways. Thus, one cannot truly appreciate the culture without connecting to the environment. Here are some things to do outdoors as folks …

by Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) Tenk Gawd fa de chuch! God is the foundation and center of the Gullah/Geechee Nation. Although Gullah/Geechees have a myriad of spiritual practices, it is difficult to find a Gullah/Geechee whose spiritual roots do not come out of the bush arbors and praise houses. The congregations …

On the first day of “Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week” in Beaufort County, SC and the City of Beaufort, join the Beaufort County Historical Society at the dedication of Grand Army Hall Historical Marker 706 Newcastle St. Beaufort, SC Saturday, July 27th 11 am Thirty years before the first Black …

Beaufort County Council in South Carolina presented Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation with a proclamation for “Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week” which will now be celebrated county wide July 27-August 4, 2013 for the first time! The week long celebration will culminate with the “Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival™.” Tenki tenki …

July 27-August 4, 2013 has been declared “Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week” in Beaufort County, SC. The Town of Bluffton presented a proclamation to Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (http://www.QueenQuet.com) at their town hall meeting on Tuesday. She has been invited to the Beaufort County Council meeting on July 22, 2013 to receive one …

Tune in as Divine Prince Ty Emmecca interviews Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) about this year’s “Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival™” (www.gullahgeechee.info) and how to empower and sustain the villages of the global African community. http://t.co/uzSAiMSk4I

Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) was an honored guest at the “Pan African Grassroots Assembly” at Oyotunji African Village in Sheldon, SC in the Gullah/Geechee Nation. Tune in as she delivers a message to the family of the African Diaspora:

Check out the story: Queen Quet, Unedited from the “Great American Road Trip” blog: Great American Road Trip: Queen Quet, Unedited http://adaptationstories.com/2013/07/09/queen-quet-unedited/ “The Gullah/Geechee people, descendants of enslaved Africans captured in Angola and other parts of the Western Seaboard of Africa who now stretch from Jacksonville, North Carolina to Jacksonville, Florida, do not have a word for “adaptation” …